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Randa Meetings – First Day
Hi! Everything all right with you?
Today was the first day of Randa Meetings, a KDE sprint in Randa, a city that is +/- 300km from Geneve/Switzerland.
I had a departure from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil at 11pm last Friday night and went to Frankfurt to get a connection to Geneve, the connection that I lost, because of the delay of the departure in Rio and to the plane taxiing on the airport to the arrival gate. For luck, the Service of Lufthansa understood the problem and booked me to the next flight.
After that, I got a train to Visp and then to Randa. Arrived at Mario's house after midnight.
So, today I went to the big house and started to code… After a few pieces of advice from Tomaz, I started to make several changes in Umbrello code, that in the end leave me with more than 500 lines deleted and 200 ones added.
Also, I got my arrive package from Google Summer of Code! =D
And it's awesome! \o/
Today I had the opportunity to talk with a lot of KDE nice people that is around here, and give to them Paçoca, a traditional candy that I brought from Brazil, that is a combination of Sugar and Peanuts melted together, and I think that they liked. Have doubts? Please watch the video:
For the next days I will wrote more about the experience that I'm having around here. But for now you can see my photos and follow me on Instagram(@lays147) for more photos. This is my first trip outside Brazil, and until now, is everything amazing.
The Randa Meetings is already happening, but you can support us through this link.
Randa day 0
Sitting on Lake Zurich and reflecting over things was a great way to get started. http://manifesta.org/2015/11/pavillon-of-reflections-for-zurich-in-2016/
After spending a bit of time in a train, I climbed part of a mountain together with Adriaan – up to the snow where I could throw a snowball at him. We also designed a couple of new frameworks on our climbing trip. Maybe they will be presented later.
Planet Moons, Lines and Labels in KStars Lite
1.Planet moonsThis small addition required me to change the structure of PlanetNode. Because moons sometimes have to be drawn in front of the planet there is now PlanetMoonsNode that holds pointer to PlanetNode and a bunch of PointSourceNodes that represent moons. Whenever z-order changes PlanetMoonsNode reorders all nodes in node tree to follow the order. Jupiter and its moons 2. Horizon and GroundAt first sight drawing horizon and ground might seem trivial (I also thought that it is) but it turned out that there is no in-built support for concave polygons neither in OpenGL nor in Qt Quick Scene. And the only way to draw a filled polygon in OpenGL is to convert it to the set of triangles. So I spent some time on finding the best algorithm or library to triangulate the polygon used for drawing ground and decided to use this library (standalone version of tessellator from OpenGL Utility Library (GLU)). It produces perfect results and performs well on both my laptop and Android tablet 3. LinesThis is a major part of SkyMapLite. Equator, Ecliptic, Constellation Bounds and Lines, Horizontal Coordinate Grid and Equatorial Coordinate Grid were ported to SkyMapLite. Unfortunately, lines caused significant loss in performance on Android due to a lot of calls to routines that convert equatorial and horizontal coordinates of object to QPoint. There are few ways how we can optimize it (e.g. use SkyMesh to skip checking of lines that are not visible in current sky hemisphere, optimize Projector) it but I decided first to finish porting all components to SkyMapLite and then come back to optimization.Another trivial problem that turned out to be not so trivial caused Equatorial and Horizontal Coordinate Grids. In KStars they are drawn with dotted lines but Qt Quick Scene Graph doesn't support it. First I tried to use custom shaders but guys from Qt interest mailing list gave me an idea to use QSGVertexColorMaterial to draw different line segments with different color. 4. LabelsAnother major member of KStars which is now available in SkyMapLite. At first I thought that each SkyNode (e.g. PlanetNode and PointSourceNode) can have its own label as a child node but this way it would be impossible to control the drawing order of labels as other planets or stars can overlap labels. So I created LabelsItem class that holds and updates all labels, which can be instantiated on request to LabelsItem.Qt Quick Scene Graph doesn't offer tools for drawing text so I decided to store labels as textures. To do that you need to call SkyMapLite::textFromTexture() which will return QSGTexture with the text. This approach has one problem - if we want labels to have different size on different zoom levels than on each zoom change we will need to create a new texture or just resize the texture but I'm already working on this problem.
There are 2 types of labels LabelNode and GuideLabelNode where the latter can be rotated with a given angle but in most cases LabelNode is used.
Also I changed the structure of SkyMapLite and its children. Previously each of SkyComponents was represented with QQuickItem derived class that was reparented to SkyMapLite like SolarSystemSingleComponent -> PlanetsItem. Now I moved everything inside SkyMapLite e.g. PlanetsItem is now derived from QSGOpacity. This way we have only one clipping node and texture cache. The reason I haven't done that before is that rendering of QQuickItem and all another stuff are done in two separate threads that shouldn't intersect. I thought that we might have problems if I will delegate all data work to QSGNodes, but it turns out that multiple clipping nodes cause loss of performance and transition to this scheme was inevitable. Also I haven't faced any problems with this approach yet (it works better and there is much less duplicate code now).
Current state of KStars Lite on desktop
And on my Nexus 7 tablet
What's next?My next stop is stars and DSOs. If everything goes well I will finish SkyMapLite by GSoC midterm examinations and proceed to optimization of KStars Lite.
My Randa Plans
The Randa meeting starts this week, and I'll be working with the KDE multi-platform group, being led by Aleix Pol, and will be spending my time working on both flatpak (formerly xdg-app) and Snappy.
During this past week I have been brought into some technical discussions about deployment on both platforms; so I intend to spend my time working closely with other interested developers solving problems that affect either platform as there is a lot of overlap. Tackling these independently doesn't make sense.
These two emerging technologies both have a lot of potential to revolutionise Linux packaging and distribution with either being a huge boost over the current state.
Both are going to become relevant in the Linux world over the next few years, and the important thing is making sure our software works best for our users whatever the platform.
So far over this week I've spent some time fixing KDE flatpak applications, in particular fixing multiple problems we've encountered with Dolphin; namely being able to load plugins and making kio slaves work.
In the meantime I've been testing out packaging some Snappy apps, packaging and running a few applications.
Over the week I'll write some more in depth blog posts, exploring the state of each, where we have problems deploying our apps, and hopefully some concrete solutions :)
Be sure to sponsor the sprint to help pay for developers from around the world to come together to work on important projects and be sure to follow PlanetKDE for blog posts about software developments from the people here.
digiKam: My SQL/MariaDB support
Being a Google Summer of Code'16 student, this is my first milestone report blog. Hope you'll find it detailed enough!
Task 1: Review current whole database implementation including database schema hosted as XML.
- Understand all three parts of Core DB:
- CoreDB- hosts all albums, items, search data…
- ThumbsDB – host image Thumbnails.
- FaceDB – host image histogram for face recognition.
- Analyzing the 'databaseserver' code in core (which rely on DBUS. Actions are ongoing to minimize DBUS dependency, to improve digiKam stability for non Linux systems).
- Understand how common code fragments work for both MySQL/SQLite (DB settings extracted from config file and later functions accordingly).
- Understanding how SQL queries are being used in the source and implemented.
- Thorough reading of dbconfig.xml.cmake.in file to understand how database schema is set up. (Create table/indexes/triggers statements for both SQLite/MySQL).
- Understanding database version update through schemaupdater files (of all 3 DB).
I faced many doubts while reading the source code, plus several concept related queries. But all of them were resolved with Mentors' help and guidance throughout.
I'm going to Randa!
Like Christoph, I'm going to Randa! It's a long train ride, but that means I can get some hacking done on the way.
You can support the Randa meetings! Click on the image for fundraiser information. The Randa meetings are one of the biggest sprints in KDE. Each year a tightly focused group gets together to work on KDE technology for one goal. This year the goal is KDE technology on every device.
While most of the participants seem to be going to the meeting for the purpose of getting more KDE applications on Windows, MacOS or Android — indeed platforms where our technology can make a difference for developers and where our applications can make a difference for Freedom — I'm going with a slightly different purpose. I'm there for our traditional niche platforms: the BSD's. But also for packaging in a traditional sense, and for building our software effectively and efficiently.
There's a lot of infrastructure in the KDE software (git) repositories, information about dependencies and build orders and where to find sources and stuff like that. For the traditional packagers, though, packaging is largely an artisanal process: discover what software is released this time, under what names and in which directory; figure out what new dependencies there are by trying to compile the new stuff in an environment that worked for the previous release; adjust sources for invalid assumptions. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Speaking of repeat, Scarlett has been working on reproducible builds of KDE software for Debian. FreeBSD is part of the same organization, so I hope to learn a lot from Scarlett towards that goal.
If containerized apps are really a thing, I'd hope to be able to build FreeBSD(-ish) containers from the same metadata as other containers are built from.
As preparation, I tried to build KDE (as in, the software stack needed for Zanshin) from source on a Linux distro. I failed. To me, that suggests that we shouldn't forget the devices running Linux, either, and the packagers that work there.
The 2016 Kickstarter
This year's kickstarter fundraising campaign for Krita was more nerve-wracking than the previous two editions. Although we ended up 135% funded, we were almost afraid we wouldn't make it, around the middle. Maybe only the release of Krita 3.0 turned the campaign around. Here's my chaotic and off-the-cuff analysis of this campaign.
Campaign setup
We were ambitious this year and once again decided upon two big goals: text and vector, because we felt both are real pain points in Krita that really need to be addressed. I think now that we probably should have made both into super-stretch goals one level above the 10,000 euro Python stretch goal and let our community decide.
Then we could have made the base level one stretch goal of 15,000 euros, and we'd have been "funded" on the second day and made the Kickstarter expectation that a succesful campaign is funded immediately. Then we could have opened the paypal pledges really early into the campaign and advertise the option properly.
We also hadn't thought through some stretch goals in sufficient depth, so sometimes we weren't totally sure ourselves what we're offering people. This contrasts with last year, where the stretch goals were precisely defined. (But during development became gold-plated -- a 1500 stretch goal should be two weeks of work, which sometimes became four or six weeks.)
We did have a good story, though, which is the central part of any fundraiser. Without a good story that can be summarized in one sentence, you'll get nowhere. And text and vector have been painful for our users for years now, so that part was fine.
We're also really well-oiled when it comes to preparation: Irina, me and Wolthera sat together for a couple of weekends to first select the goals, then figure out the reward levels and possible rewards, and then to write the story and other text. We have lists of people to approach, lists of things that need to be written in time to have them translated into Russian and Japanese -- that's all pretty well oiled.
Not that our list of rewards was perfect, so we had to do some in-campaign additions, and we made at least one mistake: we added a 25 euro level when the existing 25 euros rewards had sold out. But the existing rewards re-used overstock from last year, and for the new level we have to have new goodies made. And that means our cost for those rewards is higher than we thought. Not high enough that those 25 euros pledges don't help towards development, but it's still a mistake.
Our video was very good this year: about half of the plays were watched to the end, which is an amazing score!
Kickstarter is becoming a tired formula
Already after two days, people were saying on the various social media sites that we wouldn't make it. The impression with Kickstarter these days is that if you're not 100% funded in one or two days, you're a failure. Kickstarter has also become that site where you go for games, gadgets and gags.
We also noticed less engagement: fewer messages and comments on the kickstarter site itself. That could have been a function of a less attractive campaign, of course.
That Kickstarter still hasn't got a deal with Paypal is incredible. And Kickstarter's campaign tools are unbelievably primitive: from story editor to update editor (both share the same wysiwyg editor which is stupidly limited, and you can only edit updates for 30 minutes) to the survey tools, which don't allow copy and paste between reward levels or any free text except in the intro. Basically, Kickstarter isn't spending any money on its platform any more, and it shows.
It is next to impossible to get news coverage for a fundraising campaign
You'd think that "independent free software project funds full-time development through community, not commercial, support" would make a great story, especially when the funding is a success and the results are visible for everyone. You'd think that especially the free software oriented media would be interested in a story like this. But, with some exceptions, no.
Last year, I was told by a journalist reporting on free and open source software that there are too many fundraising campaigns to cover. He didn't want to drown his readers in them, and it would be unethical to ignore some and cover others.
But are there so many fundraisers for free software? I don't know, since none get into the news. I know about a few, mostly in the graphics software category -- synfig, blender, Jehan's campaign for Zemarmot, the campaign by the Software Freedom Conversancy, KDE's Randa campaign. But that's really just a handful.
I think that the free and open source news media are doing their readers a disservice by not covering campaigns like ours; and they are doing the ecosystem a disservice. Healthy, independent projects that provide software in important categories, like Krita, are essential for free software to prosper.
Without the release, we might not have made it. But doing a Kickstarter is exhausting: it's only a month, but feels like two or three. Doing a release and a Kickstarter is double exhausting. We did raise Krita's profile and userbase to a whole other level, though! (Which also translates into a flood of bug reports, and bugzilla basically has become unmanageable for us: we need more triagers and testers, badly!)
Right now, I'd like to take a few days off, and Dmitry smartly is taking a few days off, but there's still so much on my backlog that it's not going to happen.
I also had a day job for three days a week during the campaign, during which I wasn't available for social media work or promo, and I really felt that to be a problem. But I need that job to fund my own work on Krita...
Kickstarter lets one know where the backers are coming from. Kickstarter itself is a source of backers: about 4500 euros came from Kickstarter itself. Next up is Reddit with 3000 euros, twitter with 1700, facebook 1400, krita.org 1000 and blendernation with 900. After that, the long tail starts. So, in the absence of news coverage, social media is really important and the Blender community is once again proven to be much bigger than most people in the free software community realize.
The campaign was a success, and the result pretty much the right size, I think. If we had double the result, we would have had to find another freelancer to work on Krita full-time. I'm not sure we're ready for that yet. We've also innovated this year, by deciding to offer artists in our communities commissions to create art for the rewards. That's something we'll be setting in motion soon.
Another innovation is that we decided to produce an art book with work by Krita artists. Calls for submissions will go out soon! That book will also go into the shop, and it's kind of an exercise for the other thing we want to do this year: publish a proper Pepper and Carrot book.
If sales from books will help fund development further, we might skip one year of Kickstarter-like fund raising, in the hope that a new platform will spring up that will offer a fresh way of doing fund raising.
KApiDox (or api.kde.org): I need your input !
Hi there!
As you might know, I'm the new maintainer of KApiDox, and by that I'm more or less responisble of the api.kde.org website.
KApiDox used to be a script for generating the KDE Frameworks (KF5) API. This is however changing: I would like to generate all KDE APIs with this tool.
It is on its way, but before going further I need your input.
We worked with Thomas (@Colomar) on a little survey about the api. This will take less than 5 minutes of your time but help a lot. To be helpful, you don't need to actually use the KApiDox scripts, but only the api.kde.org website.
Please answer the questions here: http://survey.kde.org/index.php/612593/lang-en
It will help me a lot to make things better!
Cheers and have fun!
#26: GSoC with KDE – 4
In the past week, I worked on the code reviews I got. Hence, I changed the classes' design all over. The way it works now, is that there is a central dispatcher, the daemon, that handles all the jobs. I chose this design, since it was how originally KIMAP jobs, was supposed to be managed. My mentor and Daniel Vratil helped me in deciding this.
I previously said, that I'd change the update to a new thread. That might not have been entirely true😉 . From what I know, IDLE is an async process, so there might be some actual lag there. I'll add this in my TODO during the time I test everything and just move to other things on my list.
The IMAP client was looking good, so I started to implement a parser. Now I must say, this took more time than I expected. I was adamant at using Qt JSON library which is pretty good for parsing JSON. But to parse that JSON, the first thing is that I need JSON data. I looked through the docs. Nothing seemed good enough. QtWebKit seemed overkill. Of course, me and my mentor were against using it. There's no GUI in our application, and using it would have been a waste of precious resources. I checked some other 3'rd party C++ libraries like SGML for Qt, Gumbo Parser by Google but nothing seemed appropriate. SGML was a bit (well more) on the slower side. Gumbo seemed good at first, but since it was 3rd party, I was worried. Maybe some things about license too. I didn't feel like adding a dependency. Finally I settled for regex (No Wait. Whattt ? I know ? Before you all charge at me, I didn't use it). Yeah, so I settled for regex. I contacted my mentor and Dan, and they were against it (Well me too, but what choice did I have ?). To those of you, who still think, it would have been okay to use regexes, read this. Dan told me to use QXmlStreamReader. My initial reaction was whattt ? How can I parse HTML with an XML parser ? Hence I never even googled about it. On a second thought though, HTML if formatted nicely, is just plain XML. (Now do you get it ? Just the tags !). I tested it with my IMAP client. Everything seemed good. It's fast and reliable. It's also in the QtCore module. So, Speed; check. Reliability; check. No added dependencies;check. What else could I have asked for (A tank ?). So, now I had data between those script tags in HTML, after I parsed it through QXmlStreamReader. Next I parsed this data using Qt JSON Library (QJsonDocument, QJsonArray, QJsonObject). I store the required data in Maps. With the power and consistency of QVariant(Map) things became quite easy.
I got code reviews from my mentor. We discussed some stuff for the next stages.In the next part, I'll perfect the extractors I have written. Implement them as plugins and load these plugins in the client. This will make writing extractors for other schemas and hence adding support very easy. I'll also be working with a database (SQLite) to cache the fetched emails. One of the things, I noticed just now, is that I'm using the Incremental methodology of Software Engineering. I am adding new features one by one. Building and testing at each step. Never thought, I'd see the impact of the course classes this early😉
See you later.
Randa Meeting 2016 – Tomorrow on Tour ;=)
Tomorrow I will start to travel to the Randa Meeting 2016.
I hope I can help to make it possible to spread KF5 based stuff more easy on platforms like Windows & Mac.
Lets see what can be done, will be an interesting week ;=)
If you want to support us, please consider to donate, we have a fundraising campaign running!
Randa Meetings 2016 will start soon – please support us
In less then 48 hours the people will arrive in Switzerland (actually the first participant already arrived) and this year's edition of the Randa Meetings will start under the motto: KDE technology on every device
From Sunday, 12th to Sunday 19th of June around 40 people are going to work hard, discuss tirelessly and decide upon new ideas and directions. And this people need some energy too and thus we went out today and bought some nice stuff for them:
So we're ready and we hope you will support us too and your favorite software inventors. Thanks a lot and hugs from Switzerland.
KDE on Flatpak in Randa
I talked about KDE on Flatpak before (called xdg-app then). Lots happened since: new name, fancy new website and a couple of releases shows it's getting quite stable.Progress on the KDE side of Flatpak
It's been some months, and this time has been mostly about maturing what we already had and making it useful for others:
- Improved the runtime, updates to newer versions of Qt and KDE Frameworks. Some functionality issues were fixed.
- We published the runtime so that developers can test their applications against it.
- Added several recipes for KDE Applications (help! testers required).
- We got some initial documentation for developers.
Now it's time to make this work. I find it already close to magic how we get to compile in one distro and works on another. I must admit, I'm excited. But then many things need work, should be simple, but we need to spend the time.
Also we need to compile the applications, start using them and see where's the limitations, especially regarding the sandboxing. In the end, we also want to bring KDE applications to our GNU/Linux users who cannot reach our stable releases.
Most of it will happen in Randa, let's see how far we get!Join us!
Let's modify your FITS files
Another great step for the project, now you can add new keywords, or remove them from the extensions!
There are some restrictions:
- you're not allowed to remove mandatory keywords (still needs some polishing)
- you're not allowed to add mandatory keywords, since those must be available when you create the extension
- no duplicates
The new keywords
There are still many things to do, to refine:)
New IMAP filter/proxy release: guam 0.8, eimap 0.2
Over the last few months I have been poking away at a refactoring of the IMAP library that Kolab's IMAP filter/proxy uses behind the scenes, called eimap. It consolidated quite a bit of duplicated code between the various IMAP commands that are supported, and fixed a few bugs along the way. This refactoring dropped the code count, makes implementing new commands even easier, and has allowed for improvements that affect all commands (usually because they are related to the core IMAP protocol) to be made in one central place. This was rolled as a eimap 0.2 the other week and has made its way through the packaging process for Kolab. This is a significant milestone for eimap on the path to being able to be considered "stable".
Guam 0.8 was tagged last week and takes full advantage of eimap 0.2. This has entered the packaging phase now, but you can grab guam 0.8 here:
Highlights of these two releases include:
- several new IMAP commands supported
- all core IMAP response handling is centralized, making the implementation for each command significantly simpler and more consistent
- support for multi-line, single-line and binary response command types
- support for literals continuation
- improved TLS support
- fixes for metadata fetching
- support for automated interruption of passthrough state to send structured commands
- commands receive server responses for commands they put into the queue
- Guam
- ported to eimap 0.2
- limit processcommandqueue messages in the FSM's mailbox to one in the per-session state machine
- be more expansive in what is supported in LIST commands for the groupware folder filter rule
- init scripts for both sysv and systemd
One change that did not make it into 0.8 was the ability to define which port to bind guam listeners to by network interface. This is already merged for 0.9, however. I also received from interest in using Guam with other IMAP servers, so it looks likely that guam 0.8 will get testing with Dovecot in addition to Cyrus.
Caveats: If you are building by hand using the included rebar build, you may run into some issues with the lager dependencies, depending on what versions of lager and friends are installed globally (if any). If so, change the dependencies in rebar.config to match what is installed. This is largely down to rebar 2.x being a little limited in its ability to handle such things. We are moving to rebar3 for all the erlang packages, so eimap 0.3 and guam 0.9 will both use rebar3. I have guam already building with rebar3 in a 0.9 feature branch, and it was pretty painless and produces something even a little nicer already. As soon as I fix up the release generation, this will probably be the first feature branch to land in the develop branch of guam for 0.9!
It is also known that the test suite for Guam 0.8 is broken. I have this building and working again in the 0.9 branch, and will probably be doing some significant changes to how these tests are run for 0.9.
I joined Kolab Systems just over 1.5 years ago, and during that time I have put a lot of my energy and time into working with the amazing team of people here to improve our processes and execution of those processes around sales, communication, community engagement, professional services delivery, and product development. They have certainly kept me busy and moving at warp 9, but the results have certainly been their own reward as we have moved together from strength to strength across the board.
One place that this has been visible is the strengthening of our relationship with Red Hat and IBM, which has culminated in two very significant achievements this year. First, Kolab is available on the Power 8 platform thanks to a fantastic collaboration with IBM. For enterprise customers and ISP/ASPs alike who need to be able to deliver Kolab at scale in minimum rack space, this is a big deal.
For those with existing Power 8 workloads, it also means that they can bring in a top-tier collaboration suite with quality services and support backing it up on their already provisioned hardware platform; put more simply: they won't have to support an additional x86-based pool of servers just for Kolab.
To help introduce this new set of possibilities, we have organized a series of open tech events called the Kolab Tasters in coordination with IBM and Red Hat.
Besides enjoying local beverages and street food with us at these events, attendees will be able to experience Kolab on Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Power 8 first-hand on the demo stations that will be available around the event site. Presentations from Kolab Systems, IBM and Red Hat form the main part of the agenda for each of these events, and will give attendees a deep understanding of how the open technologies from IBM (Power 8), Red Hat (Linux OS), and Kolab Systems (Kolab) deliver fantastic value and freedom, especially when used together.
The first events scheduled are:
- Zürich, Switzerland on the 14th June, 2016
- Vienna, Austria on the 22nd June, 2016
- Bern, Switzerland on 28th June, 2016
There are some fantastic speakers lined up for these events, including Red Hat's Jan Wildeboer and Dr. Wolfgang Meier who is directory of hardware development at IBM. At the Vienna event, we will also be celebrating the official opening of Kolab Systems Austria, which has already begun to support their needs of partners, customers and government in the beautiful country of Austria from our office in Vienna.
Events in Germany, starting in Frankfurt, will be scheduled soon, and we will be doing a "mini-taster" at the Kolab Summit which is taking place in Nürnberg on the 24th and 25th of June. Additional events will be scheduled in accordance with interest over the next year. I expect this to become a semi-regular road-show, in fact.
And speaking of the Kolab Summit: is it also going to be a fantastic event. Co-hosted at the openSUSE Conference, we will be sharing the technical roadmap for Kolab for 2016-2017; unveiling our partner program for ISPs, ASPs and system integrators that we incrementally rolled out earlier this year and which is now ready for broad adoption; listening to guest speakers on timely topics such as Safe Harbor in the EU and taking Kolab into vertical markets; and, of course, having a busy "hallway session" where you can meet and talk with key developers, designers, management and sales people from the Kolabiverse.
You can still book your free tickets to these events from their respective websites:
Ansible automation tool
This days I'm working to improve my skils about prepare, test and deploy complex IT systems like mail servers or database cluster.
To acomplish this I started using ansible to speed up the operation.
With ansible is quite easy setup a configuration template and the procedure to bring up the new service or re-configure an existing one.
Unlike other automation tools like puppet it don't require any kind of specialized server, it uses ssh to accesso to all servers and this can be a good solution also to firewall/network ACL issues.
I'm thinking about migrate all my sh script to ansible structure but first I have to make some test.
And done!
Of course, we should have posted this yesterday. Or earlier today! But when around midnight we opened the Champagne (only a half-bot, and it was off, too! Mumm, booh!), we all felt we were at the end of a long, long month! We, that's Boudewijn, Irina and Wolthera, gathered in Deventer for the occasion (and also for the Google Summer of Code). Over the past month, hundreds of bugs have been fixed, we've gone through an entire release cycle, we managed another successful Kickstarter campaign! Exhaustion had set in, and we went for a walk around scenic Deventer to look at cows, sheep, dogs, swans, piglets, ducklings, budgerigars and chickens, and lots of fresh early summer foliage.
But not all was laziness! Yesterday, all Kickstarter backers got their surveys, and over half have already returned them! Today, the people who backed us through paypal got their surveys, and we got a fair return rate as well! Currently, the score looks like this:
- 24. Python Scripting Plugin: 414
- 8. SVG Import/Export: 373
With runners up…
- 21. Flipbook/Sketchbook 176
- 2. Composition Guides 167
- 1. Transform from pivot point 152
- 7. Vector Layers as Mask 132
- 13. Arrange Layers 129
The special goals selected by the 1500 euro backers are Improving the Reference Docker and — do what you developers think most fun! That's not an official stretch goal, but we've got some ideas…
Gsoc 2016 Neverland #3
I tend to write a blog post every Thursday but I was late this week.
Two weeks have passed. Here is what Neverland can do for now:
- Create a new theme:
- Delete a theme:
- Compile sass for a theme:
- "Watch" a theme, but for some reasons it doesnt output the stdout from BrowserSync:
in order to see the output, you have to run gulp:
It runs but still need a lot of works to clean the code.
And I was facing the harder part: how to organize the default WordPress theme. I has been thinking of the WP default themes: tweentyfourteen, tweentyfifteen, tweentysixteen … ? It was so confused so I was coming to ask my Jedi Master and his answer was:
"I would probably more base it on a framework based theme"
"What is a `framework based theme` ?"
"Like underscores, or something more specific, like sage"
It was the first time I've ever heard about them. Sounds interesting.
Sage is more than a theme. It adopts many modern development tools like Sass, Gulp, Bower and it's DRY. On the other hand, Underscore is just a starting simple theme.
"Your choice" he said.
It's for this week.
p/s: I've just won a LaraconUS 2016 ticket but I dont have enough money to go. If you are interested, leave your email here😉
BBQ and forking
It was great to have conversations with the contributors who visited us as well as some downtime with the team. It's been a busy time since we announced our new endeavor. And it continues to be awesome to get so many supportive comments and feedback on what we're up to! People are excited about our open strategy and appreciate the fact that there is a solid company behind it. The flood of incoming requests for information and support from customers presents a good problem. So let me point out, again, that we're hiring!
Wiki, what's going on? (Part 4-Participation Sprint)
Hello everybody,
Once again "Wiki, what's going on?". Today I'm here to give you some updates on our work with the WikiToLearn community.
First of all our activity of the last two days: the participation sprint. On Wednesday Daniele (@Mte90) came to Milan for a two-days sprint on a very important theme for us: participation. What can we do to improve the way we work? How can we help new users participating and feeling involved? These, and many others, are important points to us and we'd like to come up with good decisions and conventions to go straightforward to succeed.
During the first day we had a great brainstorming and we have discussed important points on how we intend to plan our work. We have realized that both internal organization and new users involvement have some lacks that have to be fixed: communication channels, user experience, "taskization" and detailed documentation to help people not to be lost on our website.
In this second day we have discussed different workflows for new users; we have tried to understand how to better set our internal organization and way of working. We have also had an important discussion to try to clarify how to engage successful students that do not feel involved in the community. We have also wrote down all the ideas that came up, trying to find their pros and cons: this is the (more or less) the first time we try to take notes live, during a discussion. I think this is an extremely useful strategy and we can adopt it during our future discussions.
There is another thing I'm proud of: remember the course I was writing of which I talked you about in the last part of "Wiki, what's going on"? Well, I'm happy to announce that now the online course and the pdf book are complete!
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Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of the North Atlanticby John Malcolm Brinnin
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ZimbabweOfficial Name: Republic of Zimbabwe
Quick Facts
Passport must be valid. Recommend 6 month validity
No minimum requirement
Yellow fever, if traveling from or through countries where yellow fever is a risk
$5,000 U.S. equivalent
Embassies and Consulates
U.S. Embassy Harare
172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue
Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone: +(263) (4) 250-593
Emergency After-Hours Telephone: +(263) (4) 250-593
Fax: +(263) (4) 250-343
U.S. Citizen Emergency What'sApp: +(263) 0772-124-896
Destination Description
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa, bordered by the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. The official language is English, however, the majority of the population speaks Shona, with many in the southern and western areas speaking Ndebele. Zimbabwe has a fragile political environment, and the Zimbabwean economy is underdeveloped due to decades of economic mismanagement and political uncertainty. Although Zimbabwe offers popular tourist attractions in Victoria Falls, Great Zimbabwe, and selected game parks, much of the country's infrastructure is in disrepair and emergency medical care is limited. Please read the Department of State's Fact Sheet on Zimbabwe for additional information on U.S. – Zimbabwe relations.
Entry, Exit & Visa Requirements
You need a passport, visa, return ticket, and adequate funds to enter Zimbabwe. If you are traveling to Zimbabwe for tourism, business, or transit, you usually can obtain a visa at the airports or other border ports-of-entry, or in advance by contacting the Embassy of Zimbabwe at 1608 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009; telephone (202) 332-7100.
U.S. citizens entering Zimbabwe for tourism only can expect to pay 30 USD for a single-entry, 30-day duration of stay permit upon entering the country. A 60-day multiple entry permit is also available for 60 USD. Extensions are possible, and require visiting the Zimbabwe Immigration Office's public window, located at the second floor of Liquenda House at Nelson Mandela Avenue/First Street in the center of Harare. U.S. citizens are strongly urged to adhere to Zimbabwean immigration laws as even minor overstay cans lead to arrest, prosecution, detention, fines, seizure of possessions, and deportation. Allow for sufficient time for an extension review, as staying past the permitted length of stay has resulted in imprisonment for foreign nationals.
You should seek the appropriate business, student, or work visa before entry if you plan to engage in anything other than tourism. Any U.S. citizen who intends to engage in any non-tourism related activity, such as volunteering, paid or unpaid work, consulting, or meeting with churches, businesses, and non-governmental organizations should contact a Zimbabwean embassy or consulate, or the Zimbabwean Immigration Department, to determine which visa class corresponds with his or her intended activities and how to apply.
If you intend to reside or work in Zimbabwe, you must obtain a work permit approved by the Zimbabwean Chief Immigration Officer before entering the country. Work permit applications should be submitted by the employee's sponsor at any Zimbabwean immigration office. Typically, work permits take a minimum of six weeks to process, and have a 500 USD application fee. The Embassy of Zimbabwe in Washington, D.C. is unable to process work permit applications. Zimbabwean authorities can deny residency or work permits without explanation.
Upon arrival in Zimbabwe, you should keep all travel documents readily available, as well as a list of residences or hotels where you will stay while in Zimbabwe. You must carry some form of identification at all times while in Zimbabwe. You must enter the address where you will be staying in Zimbabwe on your visa form, and may be denied entry if you do not have that information.
U.S. citizens who intend to conduct activities in Zimbabwe which might be viewed within the realm of journalism should contact the Zimbabwean Embassy in Washington, D.C., for information about accreditation at least one month in advance of planned travel. The Government of Zimbabwe uses a very broad definition of journalism, and any interviews, filming, or photography may be considered "presenting oneself as an accredited journalist," a crime punishable by arrest or detention. Journalist and media accreditation is controlled by the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), which also sets applicable fees. Journalists can expect to pay approximately 100 USD in application and accreditation fees for a limited-duration journalist accreditation.
Individuals and journalists engaged in activities related to elections, political events, or demonstrations can expect to encounter increased scrutiny from Zimbabwean authorities. According to government regulations, a journalist who has applied for accreditation, but has not yet received a response from the Ministry of Media, Information, and Publicity should not travel to Zimbabwe until obtaining a clearance.
U.S. citizen students and faculty at educational and other institutions who wish to do research in Zimbabwe should contact a host educational or research institution for affiliation prior to applying for a visa. Despite fulfilling all such requirements and receiving appropriate permission, legitimate researchers have been detained in the past by the police because the subject of their research was believed to be sensitive.
You must plainly state the purpose of your visit to Zimbabwe to Immigration upon entry. Any attempt to enter Zimbabwe under false pretenses, including those who misuse a visitor permit/visa, may result in detention, arrest, imprisonment, conviction, fines, and/or deportation. If you arrive at a port of entry without a visa and make your intent to participate in non-tourism activities clear to the Immigration official at the port of entry, you may still be in violation of Zimbabwean Immigration law. Zimbabwean officials have arrested, prosecuted, fined, and deported U.S. citizens for engaging on non-tourism related activities on visitor visas. Violators of Zimbabwean regulations, including acts such as taking pictures of non-tourism venues, face seizure of property without redress. We recommend obtaining personal property insurance for high-value items because valuables can be seized by government officials and crime is prevalent in Zimbabwe (see below).
Important Information for U.S. citizens working for Non-Governmental, Religious, and Health Organizations: U.S. citizens are receiving increased scrutiny from Immigration officials upon arrival to Zimbabwe. Some U.S. citizens associated with non-governmental, religious, and health groups have been denied entry. All U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to obtain a visa from a Zimbabwean embassy or consulate prior to traveling to Zimbabwe.
Foreign health workers and social volunteers have been repeatedly detained and/or deported for their work in unregistered charity and developmental activities. U.S. citizens traveling to Zimbabwe to work in health, aid, charitable, or development projects (including short-term volunteers) should ensure they have proper permission and documentation from the Zimbabwean government before entering Zimbabwe. Health practitioners must obtain a license to practice in Zimbabwe from the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ). If you need to take personal medications into Zimbabwe, you must also obtain approval from the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ). If you plan to support HIV/AIDS clinical care or treatment activities, you must coordinate with the Ministry of Health and Child Care's AIDS and TB unit to ensure adherence to national protocols and guidelines. The unit can be reached by phone at: +263 (0)4 792 981.
If you intend to travel through or visit South Africa, be aware that South African law requires travelers to have at least two blank (unstamped) visa pages in your passport to enter the country. Travelers without the requisite blank visa pages in their passports may be refused entry into South Africa, fined, and returned to their point of origin at their own expense. South Africa has recently updated its laws regarding traveling to or transiting the country with minor children. See the Country Specific Information on South Africa for additional information.
Zimbabwe is a cash society, with only hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies in major tourist destinations accepting international credit or debit cards. ATMs in the country are limited and sometimes unreliable. Traveler's checks and check cashing facilities are practically nonexistent. Visitors are required to declare the amount of currency that they are carrying into and out of the country. While there is no set legal limit on the amount of foreign currency that a person can carry into Zimbabwe, the maximum foreign currency that can be taken out of the country is 5,000 USD.
HIV/AIDS restrictions: The U.S. Department of State is unaware of any HIV/AIDS entry restrictions for visitors to or foreign residents of Zimbabwe
Information about dual nationality or the prevention of international child abduction can be found on our website. For further information about customs regulations, please read our Customs Information page.
Safety and Security
The political, social, economic, and security situation in Zimbabwe is unpredictable and could deteriorate quickly without warning. While the country is relatively stable, the government may use force to disperse civilian demonstrations and protests. U.S. citizens in or traveling to Zimbabwe should avoid all crowds, public demonstrations, and protests.
You should carefully evaluate travel around Zimbabwe by road, particularly at night (please see the Traffic Safety and Road Conditions section below). If traveling by road, you should make sure you have working communication devices, evidence of your citizenship, and a valid visa. Such evidence should include photocopies of the biodata page of your passport and your Zimbabwe visa approval stamp. You should also notify a trusted friend or family member of your itinerary, including expected departure and arrival times.
Communications infrastructure in Zimbabwe is unreliable. Telephone and cell phone outages are common and, although cell phones usually work in most urban areas, outages do occur, and large sections of Zimbabwe are without reliable coverage.
Resident and visiting U.S. citizens have been arrested, detained, and threatened with expulsion for activities that would not be considered crimes in the United States, including the administration of humanitarian aid and the expression of opinions regarding the current political regime in Zimbabwe. Criticism of the President of Zimbabwe is a crime in Zimbabwe. The streets around State House, the official residence of the president, and the Botanical Gardens are particularly sensitive, and are closed to vehicle, bicycle, and foot traffic from 6 pm to 6 am daily. Drivers and pedestrians in that area should exercise caution. Taking photographs around State House is strictly prohibited. President Mugabe and other senior government officials travel around Harare accompanied by large and aggressive motorcades that have been known to run motorists off the road. Security personnel occasionally beat and harass drivers who fail to pull out of the way quickly enough. U.S. citizens are advised to be aware of police vehicles and police motorcycles flashing lights and sirens, and should move quickly off the road and come to a complete stop if overtaken by a motorcade.
U.S. citizen visitors have been detained under suspicion of operating as journalists without accreditation for photographing cultural sites and areas that may not immediately appear to be sensitive. Tourists may also be subject to harassment or arrest for photographing police, roadblocks, occupied commercial farms, and government buildings or military installations, official residences or embassies, including the president's residence. Get prior written permission from the appropriate government office before taking such photographs. It is not always immediately apparent what the police deem sensitive. Police have detained U.S. citizens for photographing any subject they view as sensitive no matter how innocuous it may seem to the photographer. You should be very aware of your surroundings and seriously consider the risks of taking any pictures outside game parks and known tourist areas.
The government frequently uses marked and unmarked (ad hoc) road blocks to enforce order and collect fines, particularly in urban centers and on major roads. Even though these road blocks are manned by uniformed police officers, be cautious when approaching them, particularly at night. When instructed by police or other security officials to stop at a roadblock, comply with these instructions. If possible, carry a mobile phone or other means of communication. Other ongoing security conditions that could affect the safety of tourists in Zimbabwe include crime (see below) and the occupation of commercial farms.
We urge you to take responsibility for your own personal security while traveling overseas. While in Zimbabwe, you should closely monitor the current situation, keep your travel documents up to date, and make your own contingency plans in the event of disturbances. You should make or update complete inventories of your household/personal effects and maintain an adequate supply of food, water, and necessary medications. See the State Department's information on emergency and crisis planning.
To stay connected:
- Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program so we can keep you up to date with important safety and security announcements.
- Follow the Bureau of Consular Affairs on Twitter and Facebook.
- Bookmark the Bureau of Consular Affairs website, which contains the current Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts as well as the Worldwide Caution.
- Follow the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Twitter and by visiting the Embassy's website.
- In the event of an emergency, contact us at 1-888-407-4747 toll-free within the United States and Canada, or via a regular toll line, 1-202-501-4444, from other countries.
- Take some time before traveling to consider your personal security and checking for useful tips for traveling safely abroad.
CRIME: Property crime is a serious problem in Zimbabwe. U.S. citizens and other foreigners are frequently targeted by criminals who operate in the vicinity of hotels, restaurants, and shopping areas of major cities and tourist areas such as Victoria Falls. Although the majority of crimes in Zimbabwe are non-violent and opportunistic, perpetrators are generally armed with weapons, including firearms. The downtown sectors of Harare, and its high-density residential suburbs, are particularly high-crime areas.
U.S. citizens should always secure their possessions, particularly in public areas such as airports and bus stops. Purse-snatchers will often work in teams of two, with one person acting as a diversion. A typical mugging involves a group of young males who surround and overwhelm their victim in a public area. Avoid displaying or carrying unnecessary valuables, such as expensive jewelry, and do not carry large sums of money. Cell phones are of particular interest to local thieves. Always secure items such as passports, money, jewelry, and credit cards in hotel safety deposit boxes or safes when not being used. Home invasions and burglary are increasingly common.
Avoid driving at night. You should be alert for "smash and grabs," where thieves break the windows of cars stopped at intersections and take visible items from inside the car. Keep car doors locked and windows rolled up. Handbags, wallets, and other items should be placed out of sight under car seats or in the trunk of the car. While stopped in traffic, always be aware and look around to identify potential trouble. Drivers should always leave sufficient room between cars to maneuver their vehicle so they can drive away from danger. If you suspect your vehicle is being followed you should drive to the nearest police station or other protected public area for assistance. Reducing even the shortest amount of idle times at traffic lights at night by slowing in advance to anticipate the changing of the light is an effective deterrent. Be cautious of people using ploys to lure you out of your car. In one ploy, an assailant will puncture a tire, follow the car, and then offer to help with the flat, particularly on the road to Harare International Airport. (NOTE: "Smash and grabs" are also very common on the Airport Road in Harare.) Beware of drivers in vehicles without license plates who stop to render aid or who cause minor accidents. Always drive to a well-lit and populated area before making repairs or exchanging information.
Travelers are encouraged to make two photocopies of the biographic/identification page and visa stamped page of their passport. Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives and carry the second copy with you for identification purposes.
VICTIMS OF CRIME: If you or someone you know becomes the victim of a crime abroad, you should contact the local police and the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. We can:
- Replace a stolen passport.
- Help you find appropriate medical care if you are the victim of violent crimes such as assault or rape.
- Put you in contact with the appropriate police authorities, and if you want us to, contact family members or friends.
- Help you understand the local criminal justice process and direct you to local attorneys, although it is important to remember that local authorities are responsible for investigating and prosecuting the crime.
The local equivalent to the "911" emergency line in Zimbabwe for the police is the Harare Central Police Station at 777-777; for fire fighters 993 or 783-983; and for ambulance 994 or Medical Air Relief Services (MARS) at 771-221.
Please see our information for victims of crime, including possible victim compensation programs in the United States.
Local Laws & Special Circumstances
CRIMINAL PENALTIES: While you are traveling in Zimbabwe, you are subject to its laws. Foreign laws and legal systems can be vastly different from our own. Penalties for breaking the law can be more severe than in the United States for similar offenses. Persons violating Zimbabwean laws, even unknowingly, may be expelled, arrested, or imprisoned. Penalties for possessing, using, or trafficking in illegal drugs in Zimbabwe can be severe, and convicted offenders can expect average jail sentences of three to seven years and heavy fines. In Zimbabwe, authorities may take you in for questioning if you don't have your passport with you or if you take pictures of certain buildings. Taking pictures of government buildings such as the Munhumutapa building which houses the President's offices is punishable by a jail term and there is no provision of a fine for those found guilty. In Zimbabwe, authorities also arrest people for taking pictures of other buildings such as police stations and offenders may also be subject to fines or jail time.
There are also some things that might be legal in some countries you visit, but still illegal in the United States. You can be prosecuted in the United States for engaging in sexual conduct with children or for using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country regardless of the legality of these activities under that country's laws. Counterfeit and pirated goods are illegal in the United States and if you purchase them in a foreign country, you may be breaking local law as well.
Although Zimbabwean authorities are required to notify the nearest U.S. embassy when a U.S. citizen has been arrested, Zimbabwean police do not always provide timely notification to the U.S. embassy in Harare. Further, the Government of Zimbabwe does not always grant immediate or repeated visits to detained or incarcerated U.S. citizens by Embassy consular officers. Individuals may be detained for up to 48 hours without due process, and detainees accused or suspected of political offenses have been repeatedly remanded in 14-day increments. You are encouraged to carry a copy of your U.S. passport with you at all times to be able to provide proof of identity and citizenship if questioned by local officials. To ensure that the United States is aware of your circumstances, request that the police and prison officials notify the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate as soon as you are arrested or detained overseas.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: Zimbabwe is a largely cash society without its own currency. The U.S. dollar, South African rand, and Botswanan pula (near the Botswana border) are the main means of cash payment for all goods and services. Travelers' checks are not widely accepted.
The United States placed targeted sanctions on the property and economic assets of certain Zimbabwean individuals and entities deemed most responsible for undermining Zimbabwe's democratic institutions. United States citizens should carefully review the U.S. sanctions program prior to engaging in the purchase/sale or transfer of money and other assets with a Zimbabwean citizen or entity. Under U.S. law, it is illegal for U.S. citizens or residents to engage in any transaction or dealing with the targeted individuals or other entities designated by the Secretary of the Treasury under this sanctions program. It is not otherwise illegal for U.S. citizens to transact business with Zimbabwean firms and individuals. U.S. citizens intending to engage in business or financial transactions in Zimbabwe are advised to consult the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control for up-to-date information on these sanctions.
Zimbabwe offers opportunities for observation of wildlife in its natural habitat, and many tour operators and safari lodges offer structured, safe excursions into parks and other wildlife viewing areas for close observation of flora and fauna. However, safety standards and training vary, and it is a good idea to ascertain whether operators are trained and licensed. Even animals marketed as "tame" should be respected as wild and extremely dangerous. If you participate in nature excursions in Zimbabwe, you should be aware that organized and licensed tour operators may encourage or allow tourists to participate in activities, such as walking or canoe safaris, which could pose risks to personal safety. Travelers should keep a safe distance from animals at all times, and remain in vehicles or other protected enclosures when venturing into game parks.
Tourists who wish to hunt in Zimbabwe must be accompanied by a licensed operator, who is required to be registered and licensed by the Zimbabwe Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Travelers to Zimbabwe should ask for the operator's license number when booking a hunt and should check the authenticity of the license by contacting the Zimbabwe Association of Tour and Safari Operators (ZATSO). Visiting hunters are well-advised to seek confirmation that they are not hunting on illegally seized land or on a nature conservancy. Hunting on such lands can expose the hunter to arrest, lawsuits, fines, seizure of possessions, and imprisonment.
U.S. citizens who are temporarily carrying firearms and ammunition into Zimbabwe for purposes of hunting, and who cannot qualify for an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), may need an approved temporary export license (DSP73) from Department of State's Office of Defense Trade Controls. You should also contact the Embassy of Zimbabwe in Washington, D.C. to find out what permits are required by the Government of Zimbabwe for importing weapons into the country. You are advised to make sure that all of the necessary documentation is in order before departing the United States. The weapons also must be cleared through U.S. Customs when leaving the United States and upon reentry at the conclusion of your trip. All firearms must be packed and transported in an approved firearm case. Ammunition must be packed in a lockable box with a key and placed in checked baggage.
WOMEN TRAVELER INFORMATION: If you are a woman traveling abroad, please review our travel tips for women travelers.
LGBT RIGHTS: The constitution of Zimbabwe specifically outlaws marriage between people of the same gender and allows for discrimination based on sexual orientation. Consensual sex between men is criminalized in Zimbabwe, with both parties subject to fines of 5,000 USD and a year imprisonment or both. To avoid prosecution in cases where men are arrested for sexual relations, one individual frequently denies his earlier consent, resulting in a charge against the other party of aggravated indecent assault or indecent assault, which carries a sentence of up to life imprisonment. While there is no explicit legal prohibition against sexual relations between women, societal violence and harassment against LGBT individuals is pervasive. LGBT travelers are encouraged to exercise discretion when critiquing Zimbabwean laws or attitudes toward same-sex relationships, as both influential religious and political leaders promote intolerance. Criticism of leaders can be construed as "criminal insult" resulting in fines of 300 USD, up to one year imprisonment, or both. For more detailed information about LGBT rights in Zimbabwe you may review the State Department's annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. For further information on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) travel, please read our LGBT travel information.
ACCESSIBILITY: While in Zimbabwe, individuals with disabilities may find accessibility and accommodations very different from what you find in the United States. The Zimbabwe constitution and law prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, access to public places, and the provision of services. However, the law is not widely known, poorly implemented, and rarely enforced. Persons with disabilities face harsh societal discrimination and widespread physical barriers. Many public buildings do not have wheelchair ramps, operational elevators, or suitable restroom facilities. Public transportation does not include lifts or access by wheelchair. Road crossing aids for the disabled are nonexistent and sidewalks in urban areas are in disrepair and cluttered with numerous obstacles. Persons with mental disabilities will experience inadequate medical care, medications, and facilities. Nonetheless, many private lodges and hotels have excellent access and facilities for disabled visitors.
The public medical infrastructure is subpar and medical facilities are limited. Most serious illnesses or accidents require medical evacuation to South Africa. All travelers are strongly urged to obtain medical evacuation insurance coverage prior to arriving in Zimbabwe. Doctors, hospitals, and air ambulance medical evacuation services often expect immediate, upfront cash payment for health services. We urge you to bring a sufficient supply of your medications with required prescriptions for your entire trip, as many common medications are unavailable in Zimbabwe. Provincial hospitals in rural areas have rudimentary staffing, equipment, and supplies, and are not equipped to care for victims of serious accidents. Emergency patients often must arrange their own transportation to medical facilities.
Diseases from food and water are the leading cause of illness in travelers. Make sure to bring diarrhea medicine with you so that you can treat mild cases yourself. Follow these tips for safe eating and drinking:
- Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, especially before eating. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand gel (with at least 60 percent alcohol).
- Drink only bottled or boiled water, or carbonated (bubbly) drinks in cans or bottles. Commercially bottled juice should be fine to drink. Avoid tap water.
- Do not eat food purchased from street vendors.
- Make sure food is fully cooked.
- Avoid unpasteurized dairy products.
Zimbabwe requires travelers who have visited or traveled through countries or areas with yellow fever risk to present proof of yellow fever vaccination. Many flights from the United States to Zimbabwe via South Africa travel through yellow fever risk countries, and travelers are sometimes required to present proof of yellow fever vaccination on arrival in Zimbabwe. You can find detailed information on vaccinations and other health precautions on the CDC website.
Tuberculosis is an increasingly serious health concern in Zimbabwe. For further information, please consult the CDC's information on TB.
For information about outbreaks of infectious diseases abroad, consult the World Health Organization (WHO) website, which contains additional health information for travelers, including detailed country-specific health information.
Travel & Transportation
TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ROAD CONDITIONS: While in Zimbabwe, you may encounter road conditions that differ significantly from those in the United States. The information below concerning Zimbabwe is provided for general reference only, and may not be totally accurate in a particular location or circumstance.
Driving in Zimbabwe is hazardous. Avoid driving at night. Zimbabweans drive on the left side of the road and many people drive over the speed limit. Although the main roads throughout Zimbabwe are generally in fair but deteriorating condition, most lack passing lanes, shoulders, breakdown lanes, lighting, reflectors, and similar safety features. Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) enforcement does not generally exist, resulting in high rates of impaired drivers, especially at night.
Pedestrians (in dark clothing) and animals often walk along and on the roads, and the majority of roads in Zimbabwe are poorly lit. Motor vehicles often have no headlights or taillights and are difficult to see. Passing lanes are not always clearly marked, and road visibility can be restricted. In urban areas, lane markers are often faded, with non-working streetlights and traffic lights. Potholes are also numerous on most roads.
The Traffic Safety Council reports there are 40-50 vehicle accidents in Harare every night. Also note, as mentioned above, local police frequently use marked and unmarked (ad hoc) road blocks to enforce order and collect fines, particularly in urban centers and on major roads. Even though these road blocks are manned by uniformed police officers, be cautious when approaching them, particularly at night. When instructed by police or other security officials to stop at a roadblock, comply with these instructions.
The U.S. Embassy's Regional Security Office prohibits its U.S. staff from using "Kombis," – the frequently seen minibuses which service main routes, due to safety concerns.
Service stations often lack fuel or spare parts. Inter-city commuter bus travel, except by "luxury coaches," is dangerous due to overcrowding, inadequate maintenance, and unsafe drivers. Public bus drivers are often fatigued, fail to adhere to local speed limits, and often fail to obey traffic rules or regulations.
It is illegal to operate a cellular telephone while driving in Zimbabwe. Drivers are required to wear seat belts or helmets if driving motorcycles. Car seats are not legally required for small children. Travelers should pack several pairs of latex gloves in the event of a road accident involving serious injuries or bleeding, as Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection in southern Africa.
The availability of fuel severely restricts the response capability of police and other emergency services. The Ministry of Transport, Communication, and Infrastructural Development is the government authority responsible for road safety in Zimbabwe. There is no national network of roadside emergency service. However, the Automobile Association (AA) of Zimbabwe, similar to the American Automobile Association, is willing to provide roadside emergency service to nonmembers for a fee. Travelers interested in contacting the service during their stay in Zimbabwe may contact AA Zimbabwe at 263-4-752-779. AA Zimbabwe's 24-hour emergency roadside helpline is 263-4-707-959. Travelers can also contact the Road Angels, another roadside assistance service, at 263-4-334-304 and 263-4-334-418.
Please refer to our Road Safety page for more information.
AVIATION SAFETY OVERSIGHT: As there is no direct commercial air service to the United States by carriers registered in Zimbabwe, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not assessed the government of Zimbabwe's Civil Aviation Authority for compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) aviation safety standards. Further information may be found on the FAA's safety assessment page.
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The Republican establishment is increasingly anxious about the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, but at least one establishment Republican is enthusiastic about it. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), arguably the Senate's most important voice on immigration policy, endorsed Trump on Sunday. Sessions' seal of approval reflects just how some of Trump's extreme ideas about immigrants could become reality.
Trump's immigration platform includes building a border wall to seal off Mexico and mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.
During the rally where he made his endorsement official, Sessions — who was once denied a federal judgeship after it came to light that he said he "used to think [the KKK] were OK" until he found out some of them were "pot smokers" — told thousands of Trump supporters, "You have asked for 30 years, and politicians have promised for 30 years, to fix illegal immigration… We have an opportunity Tuesday — it may be the last opportunity we have — for the people's voice to be heard."
"We want strong borders!" Trump yelled, according to the Wall Street Journal's account of the rally. "We want the wall!"
Just days before he endorsed Trump, Sessions, the chair of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, told Breitbart News that building a border wall is "essential" to defending American sovereignty and is the "right thing" to do in order to "make clear to the whole world… that the border is not open and we mean it, and we're going to enforce it, and if you attempt to come, you'll be apprehended and promptly deported."
Sessions also pushed a 700-mile border wall as he helped torpedo comprehensive immigration reform in 2013. He has based anti-immigrant policies on bogus economic arguments.
Right about the time he was appointed to his subcommittee chair post, Sessions distributed a memo to lawmakers advocating a number of policy changes that would make life harder for immigrants, like "closing asylum and refugee loopholes," "cancelling federal funds to sanctuary cities," "empowering local officials to coordinate with ICE officers," and "ending catch-and-release on the border with mandatory detention and expedited deportation."
Before formally backing Trump, Sessions also defended the anti-immigrant record of one of his Senate colleagues, presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who also supports building a border wall and deporting undocumented immigrants. After Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) attacked Cruz during a presidential debate for being inconsistent in his opposition to a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, Sessions appeared at a Cruz rally in Iowa and said, "Ted Cruz was with me, Steve King, Mike Lee and others who were opposed to [the 2013 Senate immigration reform] bill. Don't let anyone tell you differently."
Despite Trump's super-heated rhetoric, he's on the same page as the Republican establishment when it comes to immigration. Cruz also agrees that America's 11 undocumented immigrants should be deported, perhaps forcefully by a "deportation force," and a wall should be built to prevent to seal the border from anyone else thinking of trying to cross illegally. Rubio, meanwhile, has assumed a more draconian tone about immigration in recent weeks, saying he now supports hiring 20,000 new Border Patrol agents, finishing 700 miles of fences and walls along the U.S./Mexico border, and stripping federal funding from "sanctuary cities" like Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C.


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$400,000 to Rhinelander for Printpack-area roads
Submitted: 07/25/2013
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- Rhinelander Mayor Dick Johns remembers just about every event in the city's history over the last five decades.
For him to say something like this, Thursday had to be important.
"I've had 50 years of politics in this community, and I'll tell you, this is one of the best days I've ever had," he said Thursday.
The mayor is this happy because of a big grant from the state Department of Transportation.
The DOT gave Rhinelander $425,000 for road work.
But it's not just any construction.
The work on Highway 17 on the city's east side makes it possible for Printpack to build their new manufacturing facility.
"For them to be able to build this facility, we needed to make sure we had safe and efficient access from the state highway. Without the bypass lanes, the turn lanes, and the access road, we wouldn't have been able to achieve that. They wouldn't have been able to move forward with their project," said Wisconsin Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb.
About 130 people work at Printpack's current Rhinelander facility.
When the new plant is done, the company plans to hire 20 or 30 more workers.
"The support that Wisconsin has given us and the City of Rhinelander has given us, both financial support and infrastructure support, is an important part of the equation, also," said Dennis Love, the chairman of Printpack's board.
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We look into the history of the Eagle River man who was shot and killed by officers outside of Merrill Tuesday morning after he was pulled over in Antigo, shot at a police officer and lead police into a chase that took them to Lincoln County.
We'll introduce you to the founder of the Raptor Education Group in Antigo which helps nurse injured birds back to life and returns them to the wild.
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Mepp's fishing lures are local and top of the line
Submitted: 07/28/2016
- When you can't catch fish, it's easy to blame the lure. If you need something different, people in Antigo make a lure that you might want to try. The Mepp's assembly plant is located right off Highway 45.
Mepp's fishing lures were originally made in Paris, France, starting in 1938. Back in the 1970's, a local Antigo sporting goods store owner, Todd Sheldon, decided to buy that facility and moved it to Nice, France. His son, Mike is now the president of the company.
"The guys that own the Mepp's company in France were getting old enough to where they wanted to retire so we bought the Mepp's company in France in 1972," said Sheldon.
One detail that makes the lure number one in the world is that they use actual animal tail fur.
"The tails are washed, dyed and tied back there," said plant worker Kim Wiegert. "And they're dehydrated. They will store a long time, so they can last 3 to 5 years."
There are many benefits to using real hair as opposed to artificial hair.
"The hair is hollow and goes through a lot of wear and tear," said Wiegert. "Other hairs would disintegrate, and fall apart. With these, it'll last longer, the fish can bite on them and it'll take a long time before they'll actually chew them apart."
Along with the hairs, there is a secret way to put the lures together that makes Mepp's the best.
"We have a certain wind that we have and we can tell when we put them together, how it should be. All of our spinners are field tested before they actually go out," said Wiegert.
Even though the company distributes their product around the world, the Sheldon's still enjoy being based in Antigo.
"It's home. I grew up here and my parents grew up here and of course my kids did. And it's such a different pace of life here than the rest of the world," said Sheldon.
Everyone putting the little pieces together are women. Kim is just one who works in the plant that has been there for nearly 40 years. She also gives tours of the facility to the public.
"I like to react with the people when they come in, especially ones that have fishing stories to tell you. It's interesting here and you get to meet other people," said Wiegert.
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State Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, is requesting an independent review of problems at the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez.
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Long-term care programs available statewide by 2018
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- Wisconsin's top health officials says the state's long-term care programs for the elderly and disabled will be available statewide by early 2018.
The programs Family Care and IRIS, which stands for Include, Respect I Self-Direct, are designed to keep 55,000 elderly and disabled people out of nursing homes by offering care in their own homes. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Interim Secretary Tom Engels announced Thursday the programs would expand to the final seven of Wisconsin's 72 counties.
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"'Oh, no. We're going to call an ambulance,'" Chris remembered her saying.
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This midnight bids farewell to parting year
Who then, on chariot Time, his seat vacates.
The New Year succeeds him as Charioteer:
To drive us on, he's waiting at our gates.
But OURS the choice of paths and destinations:
The Charioteer obeys but our instructions.
We must, to reach the most coveted station
Of PEACE, choose well-lit roads sans obstructions.
Such routes are those of Friendship, Love, Compassion,
Justice, Pardon, Truth and Selflessness.
The dingy lanes of Greed, Envy, Passion,
And Conflict lead to woe and sleeplessness.
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I Need Thy Light
I Need Thy Light (A Villanelle inTetrametre)
To distinguish between black and white
Things of the world that go in disguise,
O Lord, I sorely need thy light.
To pierce the masks, too weak my sight.
Though ripe in age, I'm too unwise,
To distinguish between black and white.